Finger-ring.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1904.

J. E. FITZGERALD.

FINGER RING.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 7, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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m, n u m WITNEEEEE Patented August 2, 1904.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. FITZGERALD, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

FINGER-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,435, dated. August 2, 1904.

Application filed June 7, 1904. Serial No. 211,530. (No model.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. FITZGERALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Finger-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in finger-rings, and more particularly to an improvement in the means for detachably securing a plate having a letter, emblem, or jewel on its face to the head of the ring.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of a finger-ring having means for detachably securing a plate to the head of the ring, said plate forming the face of the head and may be plain or ornamented with a letter of the alphabet, monogram, emblem, or it may form the setting for a jewel, if desired.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a finger-ring having a hollow box-shaped head, an aperture in the bottom of the head, a flat spring-tongue having its free end over the aperture and its fixed end secured to the bottom of the head, a ledge on the inner side wall of the head, a plate adapted to lit in the head and rest on the ledge, a finger on the under side of the plate shaped to go under the ledge, a yoke on the under side of the plate adapted to receive the free end of the spring-tongue, and other details of construction, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved finger-ring. Fig. 2 is a face view of the ring, showing the detachable face-plate on which is a letter of the alphabet. Fig. 3 is an enlarged face view of the ring with the face-plate removed, showing the spring-tongue for securing the plate to the ring. Fig. 4 is an underneath view of the face-plate removed from the ring. Fig. 5 is a side edge view of the faceplate, showing the linger for securing one end of the plate to the ring. Fig. 6 is an end edge view of the faceplate, showing the yoke through which the free end of the springtongue passes for securing the other end of the plate to the ring; and Fig. 7 is a sectional view taken lengthwise through the head, showing the face-plate secured in the ring-head in full lines and in the position for removal or insertion with the tool for doing the same in broken lines.

In the drawings, (4 indicates the ring, 7) the face-plate, and a the tool for removing the plate. (Shown in broken lines in Fig. 7.) The ring a has the oval box-head a, in the bottom of which adjacent one end is the aperture (4 and on the inner side wall of the head the ledge (0 cut out to form the opening (0*. The flat spring-tongue a lies lengthwise on the bottom of the box-head a in a position to bring its free end a over the aperture a and has its fixed end (4 in which is the hole a secured to the bottom of the head a by soldering the strap a to the bottom of the head over the tongue and forcing a portion of the strap into the hole a in the tongue, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7.

The face-plate b has on its face a letter of the alphabet, as shown in Fig. 2. On the under side of the face-plate b is the finger b, shaped to catch under the ledge a over the fixed end of the spring-tongue a, and the yoke b having the opening to receive the free end a of the spring-tongue a and the stud 7)", adapted to enter and [ill the aperture [02 in the bottom of the head a flush with the interior surface of the ring. The tool 0 (shown in broken lines in Fig. 7) is shaped to enter the hole (t in the bottom of the head a and force the face-plate upward by pushing,

on the stud I By the use of my improved finger-ring a dealer in the trade may carry a small number of rings and a large assortment of face-plates having letters, emblems, monograms, or jewels. After fitting the buyer with the size of ring required a different face-plate is. usually wanted. A tool 0 (shown in broken lines in Fig. 7) is now used to force the face-plate outward by pushing the stud If out of the hole a This raises the free end of the springtongue a and the face-plate 5 into the position as shown in broken lines in Fig. 7, when the plate may be easily removed by sliding the free end a of the spring-tongue out of the hole I) in the yoke 6 the opening a in the ledge a materially assisting this movement. The new plate is now inserted by sliding the free end of the spring-tongue into the hole Z2 in the yoke b and the finger t under the ledge a on the head a, and removing the tool from the aperture (0 The plate is now firmly held in the head on the ledge 60 by the finger Z2" under the ledge and the tension of the spring- 'tongue a on the yoke 5 as shown in full lines in Fig. 7, and cannot be removed except by a tool adapted to force up the stud If through the aperture (0 in the ring against the tension of the spring-tongue.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a finger-ring, means for detachably securing a face-plate to the head of the ring,

secured at one end to the bottom of the head,

a plate shaped to fit the head and rest on the ledge, a finger on the under side of the plate adapted to catch under the ledge, a yoke on the under side of the plate having an opening to receive the free end of the spring-tongue, and a stud on the yoke adapted to enter the aperture in the bottom of the head, as described.

- 3. In a finger-ring the combination of a ring a having the box-head a in the bottom of which is the aperture (0 and on the side wall the ledge 60 cut out to form the opening a, a spring-tongue (6 having the free end a and the fixed end a secured to the bottom of the head by the strap a, and a plate I) having the finger b and the yoke 6 forming the opening 6 and the stud Z), as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN E. FITZGERALD.

Witnesses:

ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER, Jr. 

